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COVID-19: far more U.S. meat workers hit than Wuhan “wet market” staff

April 23, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Infectious as “wet markets” are,  U.S. slaughterhouse conditions appear to be much worse             WATERLOO & SIOUX CITY, Iowa;  SIOUX FALLS,  South Dakota––COVID-19 has infected hundreds of U.S. slaughterhouse workers,  who may have spread the pandemic disease to whole cities,  USA Today reported late on April 22,  2020. The Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan,  […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Cattle & dairy, Chickens, China, Culture & Animals, Disease, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Pigs, Poultry, Slaughter, Slaughter, USA Tagged With: Andrew Wasley, Bibi van der Zee, David Pitt, Isabel Vincent, Joesley Batista, Kyle Bagenstose, Matt Wynn, Merritt Clifton, Peggy Senzarino, Raymundo Corral, Sky Chadde, Tom Levitt, Wesley Batista

USDA Slaughterhouse Deregulation:  Pigs in Peril

October 18, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Guest column by Gail A. Eisnitz In December 2019,  the U.S. Department of Agriculture will implement its “modernization” plan for the slaughter of pigs by turning over key inspection duties to the very industry it regulates. While current regulations allow slaughterhouses to kill a staggering 1,106 pigs per hour – or one pig every three […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Pigs, Slaughter, Slaughter, USA Tagged With: Gail A. Eisnitz

Are kosher & halal slaughter bans anti-Semitic & Islamophobic?

January 14, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Animal advocacy, religious teaching, & cultural insecurity collide in Belgium             BRUSSELS,  Belgium––Is Belgium moving rapidly to ban slaughter without pre-stunning out of concern for animals? Or are prohibitions of the traditional kosher and halal slaughter methods rooted in latent anti-Semitism and Islamophobia? Slaughter without pre-stunning becomes illegal Whatever the political truth is,  legal reality […]

Filed Under: Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Islam, Judaism, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Religion & philosophy, Sheep & goats, Slaughter, Slaughter, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans, Welfare Tagged With: Ann De Greef, Barbara Kay, Ben Weyts, Henry Spira, Merritt Clifton, Richard Schwartz

Timothy J. Walker, 73, exposed slaughterhouse cruelty

January 1, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

by Gail Eisnitz, chief investigator, Humane Farming Association Timothy J. Walker,  73,  died on September 10,  2018 in Naples,  Florida,  a little known hero for animals sent to slaughter. After graduating from St. Mary’s High School in St. Louis,  Walker at age 17 joined his two first cousins in the U.S. Navy. Disaster relief Initially stationed […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Book & film reviews, Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Pigs, Slaughter, Slaughter, USA Tagged With: Gail Eisnitz, Henry Spira

Live animal markets in New York City: a cut-throat business at best

August 22, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Customs change with waves of immigration             NEW YORK CITY,  N.Y.––Escaping the Iranian Revolution with her parents at age 6,  artist Sara Rahbar as an adult has produced an internationally recognized portfolio on themes often involving human and animal suffering. Yet Rahbar found herself wholly unprepared for the misery she met close to hand on […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animism & Santeria, Asia/Pacific, Cattle & dairy, Chickens, China, Culture & Animals, Ducks & geese, Eggs, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Food & agriculture, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Islam, Judaism, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Live markets, Live transport, Meat issues, Pacific rim, Pollution, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, Sheep & goats, Slaughter, Slaughter, Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Turkeys, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Alex Felsinger, Andrew Zollman, Anne Barnard, Christian Zhang, Clarence Birdeye, Heather Greenhouse, Lore Croghan, Patty Lee, Tom Embury-Dennis

Kaporos: chicken soup for the soulless?

September 27, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

UPDATE: Opponents of Kaporos will on September 28,  2017 hold a candlelight vigil in Borough Park,  Brooklyn,  co-hosted by the Animal Cruelty Exposure Fund,  Their Turn,  NYCLASS,  Long Island Orchestrating for Nature,  New York Farm Animal Save,  New York Animal Defenders,  and the Alliance to End Chickens as Kaporos,  a project of United Poultry Concerns. […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Chickens, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Islam, Judaism, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, Slaughter, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Jay Michaelson, Judge Debra James, Kaporos, Karen Davis, Michael Pollan, Naomi Goldberg, Nora Constance Marino, Rabbi Shea Hecht, Shlomo Goren, United Poultry Concerns, Yonassan Gershom

Trump triumph: zapping USDA web site zapped “puppy mill” law too

March 28, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Maryland legislature & SAEN try to undo some of the damage          BALTIMORE,  CINCINNATI––Can a federal agency nullify state law just by taking down a web site? While proposing budget cuts that would hamper animal-related law enforcement under every federal agency with relevant jurisdiction,  the Donald Trump administration on February 17,  2017 at least temporarily […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Breeding, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats lab animals, Educational use, Feature Home Top, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Regulation, Science, Show, Slaughter, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Benjamin Kramer, Donald Trump, Ian Duncan, Merritt Clifton, Michael Budkie, Russ Kick, SAEN

Who Stole My Religion?

October 17, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Revitalizing Judaism and applying Jewish values to help heal our imperiled planet by Richard H. Schwartz with Rabbi Yonassan Gershom and Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz Reviewed by Barbara Kay   Richard Schwartz, principal author of Who Stole My Religion?, is a rather odd polemical duck. He has two great passions in life: Judaism and environmentalism, […]

Filed Under: Activism, Africa, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Book & film reviews, Culture & Animals, Food, Food security, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Judaism, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Recipes, Religion & philosophy, Slaughter, Vegetarians & vegans, Welfare Tagged With: Barbara Kay, Richard Schwartz, Shmuly Yanklowitz, Yonassan Gershom

“Can’t fix wild horses? Kill ’em,” say BLM advisors

September 14, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Recommendation to kill horses came after advocates blocked multiple fertility control proposals Part II of a two-part series.  See also:  Is BLM advisory board threat to kill 45,000 mustangs a wild bet? The BLM National Wild Horse & Burro Advisory Board frustratedly recommended that the 45,000 horses in holding facilities be killed only hours after […]

Filed Under: Activism, Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Cattle & dairy, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Food, Habitat, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Religion & philosophy, Sheep & goats, Slaughter, Slaughter, USA, Welfare, Wild horses, Wildlife Tagged With: Ginger Kathrens, Holly Hazard, Merritt Clifton, Priscilla Feral, Willis Lamm, ZonaStat-H

Is BLM advisory board threat to kill 45,000 mustangs a wild bet?

September 14, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Who holds the chips after showdown at the Stockmen’s Hotel & Casino? Part I of a two-part series.  See also:  “Can’t fix wild horses? Kill ’em,” say BLM advisors          ELKO,  Nevada––Will the Bureau of Land Management really kill all 45,000 wild horses now in off-range holding facilities,  as recommended on September 9,  2016 by […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Cattle & dairy, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Food, Habitat, Hooved stock, Horses, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Sheep & goats, Slaughter, Slaughter, USA, Wild horses, Wildlife Tagged With: Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Ken Salazar, Merritt Clifton, Suzanne Roy, Willis Lamm

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